Self-Destructing Message Security via Time-Based Deletion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication technologies lack secure methods for transmitting highly confidential messages, making them susceptible to unauthorized access and leakage.
Innovation Solution
The development of methods, systems, and machine-readable programs that enable secure communication of self-destructive messages by categorizing messages based on security levels, using appropriate encryption protocols, and ensuring message destruction after a predetermined interval or upon reading.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If messages are stored on the device until manually deleted, then users can access and read messages at their convenience, but the messages become susceptible to unauthorized access and leakage
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically deleting messages after a predetermined time interval without requiring manual deletion. This pre-programmed time-based destruction mechanism ensures that messages are removed from the device before potential unauthorized access can occur, resolving the contradiction between maintaining accessibility and ensuring security.
Solution Approach 2:
The message system serves itself by automatically managing its own destruction timeline. The system tracks when messages were sent and automatically deletes them after the predetermined interval expires, eliminating the need for user intervention while maintaining both accessibility during the interval and security afterward.
2Reliability
If multiple security protocols are implemented for different message categories, then message security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by implementing different security protocols tailored to specific message categories. Each message type (e.g., confidential, internal, public) receives the appropriate level of security treatment, allowing the system to maintain high security for sensitive messages while using simpler protocols for less sensitive communications, thus managing complexity through differentiation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system manages complexity by changing the security protocol parameter based on message category. Instead of implementing all possible security protocols simultaneously, the system dynamically selects and applies the appropriate protocol level based on the message sensitivity, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining security.
3Reliability
If messages are encrypted according to sensitivity level, then unauthorized access is prevented, but the complexity of message transmission increases
Solution Approach 1:
The encryption system applies local quality by implementing encryption only where necessary based on message sensitivity levels. High-sensitivity messages receive strong encryption, while low-sensitivity messages use simpler or no encryption, allowing the system to maintain access control for critical messages without unnecessarily complicating the transmission process for all messages.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies partial encryption action by encrypting only the portion of messages that require security protection. This selective approach ensures that encryption complexity is applied only to high-sensitivity messages rather than all messages, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining security where needed.
4Reliability
If self-destructive messages are transmitted with time intervals, then message confidentiality is maintained, but the duration for which messages are available for reading is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by setting a predetermined time interval for message availability before transmission. This pre-established timeline ensures that messages are automatically deleted after the specified duration, maintaining confidentiality while providing sufficient reading time for authorized users during the interval.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms to track when messages are read and automatically deletes them after the predetermined interval expires. This feedback-based timing system ensures that messages remain available only for the necessary duration and then self-destruct, balancing confidentiality with adequate access time.
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AI summary
Provided herein are methods, systems and machine-readable programs for enabling a secure channel for communicating self-destructive messages. In an embodiment, a method, system and machine-readable program are provided for generating, communicating and receiving the self-destructive message is disclosed.